Two burglarize club for alcohol, not money

Sarah Mertins

Published 6:00 pm, Wednesday, January 21, 2004

Harris County Sheriff Tommy Thomas' Deputy K. Snyder had been dispatched to an alarm call at the club in the 2200 block of FM 1960 at approximately 2:30 a.m. Upon arrival, the deputy noted that the front door was open and saw two males walking away.

The men got into a truck that had been parked behind a dumpster and left the scene with Snyder in pursuit. Despite signals from the deputy to stop, the driver refused to and sped away. The pursuit finally ended in the 700 block of South Houston, where Barnett and Hall were detained without any incidents.

Snyder recovered 15 bottles of liquor from the truck and returned them to the club's owner, and the suspects were expected to have their first court appearance on Jan. 15.